Emergency brake



July 10, 1923; v 1.461.401

I J. W. ORR

EMERGENCY BRAKE Filed Oct. 20 1921 '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jul 10, 1923.

Filed Oct. 0, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 10, 1923.

' 1 EMERG N Y-BRAKE.

- Application filed October 20, 1921. jseria1"m; 508,918."

To (ZZZ whom z'tmay concern: Be it' known-that 1, JAMES -W. ORR, ac1t1- zen of the United States, residing atKan'sas City, in: the" county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Emergency Brakes of which the following is a specification also, with advantage, be adapted to other vehicles.

One object of the invention'is to provid'e a brake of this class in additionto the ordi man,'this emergency brake being entirely independent-of the otherbrak'e's and intended to be operated by by the motorman. I

One advantage of this invention is that this brake will put no extra strain onthe \vheels;'nor wear them flat, as other brakes do, because this brake is'constructed as a skid or wedge inserted between-the wheel and the rail when in operation; v 3 In th accompanying drawings, in which one embodiment of theinventioniisillus trated: v Figure 1 shows a street car 'in side eleva-- tion, with the emergency brake attached, F lgure 2 is a perspective view of the brake showing the relative positions of-the' Wheel andthe brake when not in operation,

Figure 3 is a side elevation, on'a larger in section, of a wheelwith the scale partly brake raised,

Figure 4: is a section of a portion of a wheel and theskid along line H of Figure3,and" 1 Figure 5 is a tionof the 'brak A street car 10, provided with two fourwheel trucks 11, is shown in Figure 1' of the drawings, the left side of the figure denoting the front end of the car with the emergency brake 12 in position over the front wheels of the forward truck.

The brake consists of a'wedge-shaped skid 13 having an upward extension 14 provided,

in the skid and is constructedftd provide'a the conductor insteadof limite'd sliding motion of the skid upon th guide:

'- lnstead' of this arrangement, any other I vided'abearin'g 26'for a} dog -27' which .isin raisedposition."

perspective View of a porsecured on the beam 21.

to theflange19 on the wheel a 3 I curved lip 20 engaging over the wheel; flange 19 for the purpose of preventing: any sidei motlon between the skid, and wheel, the

flange ISon-theskid engaging with thera'il' Y -i-n the same manneras the flange 19 on-th 'wheel,:to keep both skid and rwheel on the I My invention relates to emergency brakesfor street cars or railroad carsbutlit may track; I t i, V. One I of: the" cross beams 21f of the itruck111 and having its-forward endgcurved to con I nary air and hand brakes usually on street v cars and which are'operated by the motor form therewith and with the extension l lo-f the skid. ,The free; end off thisvj'guide em; gages "in the pocket; or chamber 15' forms this F -Po p vide lbn'gi guide, in which slot-engages e step sere inserted in'the "middle part of the ski able device maybe provided for ilin' 'iting the sliding movement ef'fthe "skid; 1 The lug 316- has an; openi'ng25 into 'wh'ich"the'-guidefits. On the upper part of the guideI -22 isprohingedthereonp-lTh'is dog hasfa recessed;

portion 28"at its lower-Bend,which'end is constructedto" extend into thepathi of th lug 16 sof s, to'engage with iits' real i' the front-side of-T'the lug 16when'th w f q t s and" new with ther'ecess28 iii-the dog- 2766 39150holdthe dogjrigidly against the 1u'g'16 on the skid and thereby lock the parts together; The dog has an arm3l're'aching upward and on which a connecting rod; 32 is jour-j l i naled. The other end of the connectingv rod 32 is linked to the short arm'33 of a cross bar 34 carried in suitable bearings'35 Secured to this" cross bar 34, or made integral therewith," is 1 a lever 36,'to the end of which. a rope 37-is fastened. This rope .37 is guidedoversuit provided on the cross bar 34. Y

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has-rigidly attached thereto a-guide{'rstrip 22 preferably made of'fiat' steel or iron and 105, v able rollers or pulleys-38 and carried up f operate the usual air or hand brakes in the.

front end of the car, or it issf ound to be necessary to stop the car suddenly byrea'so n of some obstruction observed by the con ductor and not seen by the motorman, the conductor may operate the emergen y -brake I,

by pulling on the handle 39, which then trips the dog-27 and the strut;30,z.th reby releasing the skidy which, partlyby itsown weight,- andpartlysby the drag ,oithe wheel thereon, will-draw the skid down, until; it takes the position shown in dot and .dash, sin E gu efi, vbetw en theirail a ut e:

wheel; The-wheel will then beslightly raised from the rail and all the wear and the combination with a truclr ;having wheels not a wedge-shaped skid having an iupwardrextension provided with a pocket,

jfiher qniebutnaeemtrt end of tension a strut having hinged connection with said truck, a dog .ijournaled .on said guide. member and adapted to -form loclga betweensaid abutment,and the free end of said strut 'andmeans for releasing the Skid. 2. In an emergency brakefor;,vehicles,:.-.; the combination-with a truck havingwheels; H

of a wedgeshaped skid l aving -ia-nzupwfl fd sliding; take place between the; rail and the skid, and theirictionset up in thisman ner -vwillsoonjstop the car without; causing any wear or undue stl'ainon the wheels. n re et ng t e s ,.th -h n 1e i ay. be used toiswing the dog. in contact, with the lug 16, Eafterthe; skid has been slid up on the; guide 22 until the lug 25 strikes;

against the; bearing 26; F inally,, the strut- 30 is pressed down,into the -recess 28 on the dog, ,andj thejparts are {then again locked, together and; the skid gheldi sufiiciently away from the, wheel rim so .as ,to gcause; no friction between them, It Wlll beevident than from the rear: platform, it may be equally Well. Operate mv t e front P atf rm, by

the mQ Qrmeiz ep fov si n y b I a e for op re ilgst bra e; -l-b th F r extensionprovided with a pocket, -a guides member rigidly attached, at. one end oi said Q5 truck, the free end ofsaid member engage ing in said pocket and being adapted to pe rgs mit the limited move nent of said skidfthereon, an abutment at an end of said extension, a strut haying hingedponneetion with said 710 truck, a dog journaled on said guide mem ber and-adapted to ,form a lock between said abutment and the freeend of said strut and meansi or tripping said dog 3. In an emergency brake i015 vehicles; 75 the combination with ajtruok h3lllgWhQ8lS5j O a W dg -sh p skid h ving 1311; upwar lnt .ex e qnpmi ded wi hia p cket, 2 guides: ad @P ret ng: 1 th -.ee gency b ke member; rigidly attached at one end tp said truck, the free end,- oi'isaid member engaging in said pocket and being vadapted,to per- @I n t lmovementn tsa d.;.skid= heresi on, angabutmentr at the rend o-fsaidiexten- 1 1 \sion, a strut having hinged connection Wlthgg said truck, a dog'journaled, on said guides member and adapted to forni a; lockbetwee both. trucks. t In thati case all the ,cbrakes tion or each bra-lge separately said abutment and the free end; ,ofsaid stru operating, means o-n said i truck,,; and. sui

, y s fable link connection betweensaid means and ;v might be constructed to workn c onj unc said dog for tripping the dogsandireleasg p ing (the skid, i

Having. thus described the; invention In testimony whereof Iafiix my sigm ture f;v

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